Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

CreateFuture

Working at CreateFuture CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference  while always putting people first. We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years. Our UK Benefits  * 35 days leave (including bank holidays).  * Private medical insurance. * Enhanced parental and adoption leave.  * Financial coaching + 5% pension match. * 40 hours of paid learning and development.  View our full list of UK benefits. CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row. Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today. ABOUT THE ROLE AND TEAM: You will form part of a cross-functional agile team, working closely with 3-5 other engineers, led by a Tech Lead, and working closely with QA, Product and Design to deliver high-quality work for clients across a number of industries. We strive to create the best product possible with everyone's effort, and you'll be an integral part of that mission. Your role in the team is highly valued, and you'll be a key player in ensuring the success of our projects. We define our Lead role as someone who is able to confidently champion technical improvements, sets the bar high for best engineering practices and takes responsibility for the overall success of the project for the client and CreateFuture. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING: * Full-Stack Development: Design, develop, and test both frontend and backend components using a combination of React, Azure, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Java. * Backend Development: Building robust and efficient backend systems using Java, RESTful APIs, and database technologies. * Frontend Development: You'll also bring front-end development experience with excellent knowledge of JavaScript and modern Single Page App frameworks (React, Vue.js, Angular, Svelte etc.) * Technical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge and promote software engineering best practices at all times. You will also lead the technical direction on your client project and ensure that your solutions are well understood and implemented. * Problem-Solving: Identify and resolve complex technical challenges. * Collaboration: Work closely with the full project team (including BAs, QAs and members of the client team) to provide the best solutions to our clients * Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends. WE'D LOVE TO TALK IF YOU HAVE: * AI-native development practice experience (Claude Code, Codex, Spec Driven Development etc) * Commercial experience with one or more technical stacks: React, Node.js, Azure, Javascipt, Typescript (Backend/Frontend), Automation, or Mobile (native and/or cross-platform) * Skilled at using modern cloud infrastructure, experienced when it comes to deploying and hosting applications on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud. * You actively facilitate and encourage knowledge sharing within your client team, as well as the wider Engineering department. * You advocate for best engineering practices such as: code reviews, paired programming and automated tests. Nice to have * You are familiar with the concept of DevOps and CI-CD * Experience of using tools and applications such as: K8s, Docker, Terraform, Splunk, Chef, Puppet or Grafana This role is Hybrid and will require 2 days per week in Edinburgh or Glasgow  WHAT WE’LL OFFER YOU: We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. OUR HIRING PROCESS We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It usually looks like this: * Call with our Talent Acquisition Team  * Role specific capability interview  Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. INCLUSION AT CREATEFUTURE  We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!

CreateFuture

Working at CreateFuture CreateFuture is an AI-native consulting partner where people do work that matters and are supported to do it well. We work alongside organisations such as PayPal, adidas, NatWest, FanDuel and Money Saving Expert, building digital products and services that make a difference  while always putting people first. We’re a team of creators. We write code, shape delivery, build go-to-market strategies, develop AI solutions and create the practices that support our people. We work side by side with our clients, challenging what’s not working and helping them to build the future. Our commitment to craft, quality, and culture has helped us scale to over 600 people in just a few years. Our UK Benefits  * 35 days leave (including bank holidays).  * Private medical insurance. * Enhanced parental and adoption leave.  * Financial coaching + 5% pension match. * 40 hours of paid learning and development.  View our full list of UK benefits. CreateFuture is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and has won Best Workplaces UK multiple years in a row. Join us on our journey. Let’s create tomorrow, together, today. ABOUT THE ROLE AND TEAM: A hands-on senior AI engineer embedded in client delivery teams, responsible for designing, building, and operating production-grade agentic AI systems on AWS. This role sits at the intersection of AI engineering and cloud architecture, owning the end-to-end implementation of multi-agent pipelines, knowledge bases, and orchestration frameworks using Amazon Bedrock and its surrounding ecosystem. The right candidate has shipped real AI agents to production — not just prototypes — and brings the rigour of a software engineer to a space that often lacks it. Key Responsibilities * Design and implement production agentic AI systems on Amazon Bedrock, including multi-agent orchestration, memory management, and tool integration using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Strands Agents * Build, integrate, and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that expose capabilities to AI agents across client platforms * Architect and implement RAG pipelines using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, managing vector stores, embeddings, and document ingestion from S3 and other sources * Apply the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol to enable interoperability between agents across systems and workflows * Instrument AI systems with observability and tracing tooling — CloudWatch, spans, and traces — to support debugging, performance monitoring, and compliance requirements * Integrate LLMs into client applications through prompt engineering, context management, and function/tool calling patterns * Leverage serverless infrastructure — AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 — to build scalable, cost-efficient backends for AI workloads * Collaborate with client engineering and product teams to translate requirements into agent architectures, contributing to technical roadmaps and AI strategy Skills & Experience * Amazon Bedrock at scale — hands-on implementation of agents, knowledge bases, and model inference in production environments, not limited to basic API calls * Agentic AI and multi-agent systems — direct experience designing and deploying agent pipelines with real orchestration complexity * MCP (Model Context Protocol) — built or integrated MCP servers in a production or near-production context * Strands Agents — familiarity with the framework and its application to agentic workflows on AWS * RAG implementation — knowledge base design, chunking strategy, vector store configuration, and retrieval evaluation * Python — strong, applied proficiency in an AWS and AI context * AWS infrastructure — working knowledge of Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3 as components of AI system backends * Observability — experience instrumenting AI systems with tracing, logging, and monitoring tooling (CloudWatch preferred) * LLM integration — prompt engineering, tool/function calling, context window management, and output parsing * AWS certifications desirable, particularly the AI/ML Specialty         WHAT WE’LL OFFER YOU: We trust people to do their best work. That means flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both professionally and personally. You’ll be part of a supportive, and friendly culture, surrounded by smart, curious people who care deeply about what they do. We offer flexible working, including hybrid and remote options. Our office hubs are located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria, with occasional travel to client sites or CreateFuture offices when needed. We trust you to manage your time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work. What matters is the impact you have, not how busy you look. OUR HIRING PROCESS We try to keep our hiring process clear, fair and respectful of your time. We aim to get back to everyone who applies and we will be upfront about where you are in the process. It usually looks like this: * Call with our Talent Acquisition Team  * Role specific capability interview  Depending on the role, we might also ask you to do a short presentation, a practical or technical task or have a values focused conversation. We will explain what is involved before anything happens. INCLUSION AT CREATEFUTURE  We believe diverse teams build better workplaces and better products. We want CreateFuture to be a place where people feel able to be themselves and do their best work. If you need any adjustments or support during the application process, just. We will do what we can to help. We look forward to your application!

Valtech

Senior Appian Development Consultant Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognised brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. The opportunity At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. The Role: You'll work alongside multidisciplinary teams of strategists, architects, engineers, analysts, designers and consultants, helping enterprise organisations modernise business operations through low-code technology, workflow automation and intelligent digital solutions. Our capability spans the full transformation lifecycle; from discovery and solution design through to implementation, optimisation and continuous improvement. We work across sectors including financial services, retail, healthcare, automotive, media and the public sector, delivering enterprise platforms that simplify complex business processes and create measurable business value. As a Senior Appian Consultant, you'll play a key role in designing and delivering scalable Appian solutions that improve operational efficiency, automate manual processes and enable organisations to respond faster to changing business needs. This is a hands-on consulting role requiring strong technical expertise, client engagement skills and the ability to translate business requirements into robust enterprise applications. Role Responsibilities: You are a hands-on Appian specialist who enjoys solving complex business challenges through modern low-code technology. You combine strong technical capability with a consulting mindset and enjoy working closely with clients to understand problems before designing scalable solutions. You will lead the design, configuration and development of enterprise Appian applications, ensuring solutions are secure, maintainable and aligned to Appian best practices. You'll contribute throughout the delivery lifecycle, from technical design and sprint planning through to testing, deployment and production support. Working collaboratively with architects, product managers, business analysts and engineering teams, you'll help shape technical solutions that balance business requirements with implementation practicality. You'll be comfortable leading technical discussions with clients, providing guidance on solution design, integration approaches and delivery best practice while mentoring junior developers and helping elevate engineering quality across delivery teams. You'll actively contribute to Agile delivery ceremonies, supporting backlog refinement, estimation, sprint demonstrations and continuous improvement initiatives. You will also play an important role in maintaining delivery quality through technical reviews, unit testing, deployment management and performance optimisation. As technology continues to evolve, you'll remain curious and committed to continuous learning; embracing new Appian capabilities and identifying opportunities to improve delivery through automation, reusable components and emerging AI capabilities.   Must have Qualifications: * Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale Appian solutions within complex client * Strong experience developing Appian applications using Records, Record Types, Relationships, SAIL Interfaces, Process Models, Sites, Reports and CDTs, with the ability to manage a single application through its full lifecycle. * Strong understanding of relational databases, SQL, data modelling and enterprise data structures. * Comfortable working day-to-day within blended teams of client staff and third-party vendors, building good working relationships and adapting to the client's tools, processes and team culture. * Experience designing and implementing integrations using Connected Systems, Web APIs and external services, including REST and SOAP-based integration patterns, exercising sound judgement on when to use built-in objects, expressions, rules and plug-ins versus custom development. * Experience identifying performance bottlenecks, applying caching strategies, and using the Appian Health Check report and process monitoring tab to maintain production stability within an application. * Experience implementing Appian's security model and managing Appian deployments, release pipelines, and troubleshooting production issues within a single application or workstream. * Experience producing technical design documentation, unit testing and delivering high-quality solutions against defined acceptance criteria. * Strong understanding of Appian development best practices and enterprise application design principles. * Experience working within Agile Scrum delivery teams, including sprint planning, refinement, estimation and demonstrations. * Excellent communication skills with experience working directly with business stakeholders, Product Owners and technical teams. * A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous learning and emerging Appian capabilities. Commitment to reaching all kinds of people We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all. About Valtech Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organisations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate. Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.